Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: Stewart Brand: Why Environmentalists Must Accept Nuclear [View all]wtmusic
(39,166 posts)That isn't being used. why not?
What is"the system"? Why do you use the word and its plural interchangeably?
How can you justify drawing analogies when the current state of civilization is without precedent?
Across this river of discontent remain ripples of humanism which, by your theory, not only are useless but should have been destroyed long ago. Why?
By "man is not running things", I'm assuming you're referring to some theoretical macro scale (on a good day, we're certainly both running our computers). Total control is not necessary to run things - man, and other species , are remarkably adaptive and able to improve to improve their lot by design and intent. How can you assume that the inherent unpredictability of the future guarantees descent into apocalypse?